Anatole Métais-Grollier

🌱 Investing in nature-based solutions is a smart way to fund resilience, not disasters. Research conducted at the Université Grenoble Alpes shows that investing in a range of nature-based solutions to reduce disaster risks can offer returns on investment of 2.8:1 – as well as providing benefits to the environment and the well-being of communities. Funding nature-based solutions can boost disaster resilience, foster environmental sustainability, and pay back economic returns. 💰 🌐 On International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction – 13 October – we are calling on public and provide sector investors to fund resilience, not disasters. Because resilience pays. Learn how ➡️ https://ow.ly/JNol50X8yGa #ResiliencePays #DRRday

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Water security is emerging as one of the defining investment themes of the coming years. Against this backdrop, the European Investment Bank (EIB) hosted a roundtable last week in Luxembourg on water financing models.   Our discussions reinforced a core conviction: water resilience depends not only on technical infrastructure but equally on how we collectively finance and govern water resources. If we fail to act, water insecurity could reduce global GDP by more than 8% by 2050. In Europe, the European Central Bank estimates almost 15% of economic output is at risk due to water scarcity.   The current economic model for water reduces the financial capacity of operators to self-finance the investments needed for the modernization and expansion of infrastructure. Building resilient systems requires robust economic models that blend public resources, private capital and innovative instruments. It’s the only way to close the investment gap and scale up action. It echoes SUEZ's daily reality: designing, building and operating essential infrastructure that serve communities over the long term.    I thank the EIB and the EIB Institute for hosting this initiative, alongside Edouard Perard, PhD, Thierry Déau, Luca Perez, Trine Christiansen, AquaFed, Dominique G. and other attendees for their valuable insights.

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🌍 CSR Changemakers – Maruata DUTREY: Technical Expertise and Civic Engagement for Water Equity Maruata Dutrey, Water Studies Engineer at Saur in South-East France, blends technical expertise with civic engagement to shape the future of water access. Originally from Tahiti, she joined Saur after studying Energy and Environment, specializing in water treatment. Today, she works with public authorities to deliver clean water and protect ecosystems. In 2025, Maruata was selected to join the French Youth Parliament for Water (PFJE) — a national platform that brings together young professionals and students to debate, co-create, and advocate for sustainable water policies, where she contributes a rare mix of technical expertise, on-the-ground experience, island-specific insight, and a pragmatic, solution-driven mindset. Her vision spans local to global: 🔹 Local: secure water amid climate change 🔹 National: ensure equal access, especially overseas 🔹 Global: universal water access without harming ecosystems 📣 More changemakers coming soon — stay tuned. #MissionWater

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Ten years ago, the ACT Accelerate Climate Transition - ADEME was created by ADEME and launched at #COP21 with CDP. Today, as a proud host of the ACT Initiative, the World Benchmarking Alliance celebrates a decade of research and collective commitment to advancing corporate climate transition plans. Vicky Sins, Climate Transformation Lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance says: “The ACT Initiative has been a catalyst for transparency and accountability in corporate climate action. As we mark 10 years, we remain committed to driving meaningful change through robust assessments and collaboration.” Baptiste Perrissin Fabert, General Manager at ADEME says: “ADEME is proud to have co-founded the ACT Initiative, which has become a cornerstone for guiding corporate climate strategies. ACT’s success comes from its strong foundation in the economic and managerial realities of businesses, offering science-based methodologies to help them align their transition plans with the goals of the Paris Agreement. This 10-year journey reflects our shared dedication to climate action.” Using the new ACT Core Methodology, we are currently assessing 2,000 companies on the credibility and integrity of their transition plans. Keep an eye out for early insights just before #COP30, and the full results in January 2026.   #ACTInitiative #ClimateTransition #ClimateAction

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When agriculture and energy team up it’s agrivoltaics 👏 ☀️ Yes, it is possible to generate electricity while protecting crops! Thanks to agrivoltaics, #solar panels can be integrated into farms to offer a dual value: 🔹 Optimize agricultural production by protecting crops from climatic hazards (drought, frost, hail...) 🔹 Generate local decarbonized #electricity while providing farmers with additional income 👇 Discover our infographic to understand how #agrivoltaics works and why it represents a solution for the future.

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Think European #cleantech is still a niche? Think again.   Meeting Europe’s climate targets and staying globally competitive depends not just on developing green technologies, but on scaling them rapidly and reliably. Our latest working paper shows a clear shift: Europe’s cleantech is not emerging – it’s ready to scale. And that’s good news.   ✅ Over 60% of cleantech firms were founded before 2000. With high technology readiness and deep integration into industrial value chains, the sector is mature and investable. ✅ Venture capital works for cleantech, despite popular belief to the contrary. VC-backed firms grow faster than their peers – by over 8% in assets and nearly 8% in employment. ✅ 87.5% of firms are manufacturers, integrators, and operators – essential to deployment and delivery.   Cleantech in Europe is mature, investable, and strategically vital. But major challenges remain:   🔵 The real bottleneck is not invention, but deployment at scale – and a need to include more financing mechanisms that enable growth, market entry, and infrastructure integration. 🔵 A lack of follow-on and growth-stage capital creates a financing vacuum, especially in later stages. Strengthening scale-up options – growth equity, late-stage funds, blended instruments – is critical. 🔵 Regulatory complexity is a drag: 47% of firms cite it as a major barrier, with ecosystem players disproportionately affected.   Cleantech’s potential is proven. Now it’s time to give it the tools to do so. *This working paper was made possible the collaboration between the EIF and the Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, and University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna) under the CLEU project – supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB)’s University Research Sponsorship (EIBURS) programme.*

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From Annual to Half-Hourly: A New View of Renewable Electricity Matching New methodology from our partner Matched examines renewable energy supply using half-hourly data instead of traditional annual metrics. With reviewers counting 30+ experts, among which we count our very own Olivier, this paper represents a solid step forward. Analyzing 15 major UK retailers, the methodology reveals matching scores ranging from 56% to 89% on a half-hourly basis. The difference: annual matching compares total yearly renewable certificates to total consumption, while half-hourly matching tracks when renewable generation actually occurs relative to demand patterns. Matched's temporal analysis shows: - Significant variation in renewable delivery timing between retailers with similar annual profiles - Some suppliers achieving 89% half-hourly matching, demonstrating what's achievable - Clear opportunities to understand and optimize renewable procurement strategies Using publicly available data from Ofgem, Elexon, and NESO, Matched has developed an independently verifiable framework for temporal renewable energy assessment in the UK market. As renewable capacity grows, understanding generation timing becomes increasingly important for grid management and energy planning. Half-hourly granularity provides significant additional insight beyond annual renewable percentages. We welcome Matched working hard to bring this enhanced transparency to energy markets.

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📰 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲: 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 Argus has introduced a new suite of prices for 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 (𝗥𝗧𝗖𝘀) — a market first for North America — bringing transparency to biomethane-derived environmental attributes used to offset carbon emissions. Key highlights: • RTCs enable flexible carbon abatement without physical biomethane delivery • Prices support investment decisions and sustainability strategies • Weekly assessments now available in Argus Americas Biofuels and Argus Air Daily 💬 “𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘙𝘛𝘊 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.” — Adrian Binks, Chairman and Chief Executive, Argus Media 👉 Read the full press release: https://okt.to/cLpqHi #IlluminatingTheMarkets #Biomethane #ArgusMedia

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𝗧𝗔𝗚 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 C4 EcoSolutions, 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻. This marks an important step in strengthening our capabilities in climate resilience, nature-based solutions and carbon markets. In a world facing increasingly complex threats — from environmental degradation and biodiversity loss to conflict and economic fragility — climate change cuts across every security, resilience and social challenge. By combining TAG's security and resilience expertise with C4's global track record in climate adaptation, mitigation and financing, we are proud to continue helping governments meet their strategic security goals, supporting investors to fund at scale, and bringing together businesses and communities to secure their future together. 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. 

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🇲🇦 Morocco has submitted its NDC 3.0. The country commits to reducing #GHG emissions by 53% by 2035, with 21.6% unconditional and the remainder conditional on international support. Mitigation priorities include: ⚡ Renewable energy expansion and efficiency 🚛 Cleaner transport 🏭 Industry transformation 🌳 Sustainable agriculture and forest protection ♻️ Circular economy and waste management Adaptation priorities include: 💧 Water resource management and irrigation efficiency 🌾 Climate-smart agriculture and food security 🏘️ Resilient cities and infrastructure 🌿 Biodiversity and ecosystem protection The NDC Partnership in-country facilitator participated in the country's NDC consultations. Morocco’s NDC 3.0 is anchored in its national sustainable development and climate policies, aligning with its New Development Model 2035. #Morocco #ClimateAction #NDCs

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